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Bookmark or Share- LAUGHING STOCK | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryAdd to word list. someone or something that seems stupid or silly, especially by trying to be serious or important and not succeeding: Another performance like that and this team will be the laughing stock of the league. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
- Laughingstock Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster: an object of ridicule. Synonyms. butt. derision. jest. joke. mark. mockery. sport. target. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of laughingstock in a Sentence. The team has become the laughingstock of the league. The mayor became a laughingstock.
- LAUGHINGSTOCK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comLaughingstock definition: an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like. See examples of LAUGHINGSTOCK used in a sentence.
- The saying 'Laughing-stock' - meaning and origin. - PhrasefinderIt refers to the meaning of stock as 'something solid that things can be fixed to', that is, a butt or stump. So, 'laughing-stock' is just the same as 'the butt of the joke'. It may be that the association between 'laughing-stock' and the practice of ridiculing people in the stocks grew over time.
- LAUGHING STOCK | meaning - Cambridge Learner's DictionaryMeaning of laughing stock – Learner’s Dictionary. laughing stock. noun [ no plural ] uk us. Add to word list. someone who does something very stupid that makes other people laugh at them: If I wear this hat, I'll be the laughing stock of the party! (Definition of laughing stock from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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